Ivan Salgado Lopez is Spain Chess Champion 2013

Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013  

Hi everyone,

The 78th Spanish Chess Championship took place from 29th August to 6th September in Linares. A total of 96 players competed in the 9-round Swiss event with Grandmaster Ivan Salgado Lopez becoming the new Spanish Champion after concluding the event with 7,5 points. A last round draw against GM David Anton Guijarro was sufficient to secure a clear first place for Salgado.

Miguel Illeskas, last year's champion Julen Luis Arizmendi, Oleg Korneev and David Anton shared the second place with 7,0 points each. (www.chessdom.com)

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